By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The “black box” warning on some long-acting beta agonists – drugs used to ward off asthma attacks – mandates that such medications be sold as combination agents that contain a steroid to prevent the rare episodes of medication-associated deaths. Large studies of populations of people on these drugs have showed a … Continue reading →

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Epigenetic processes, which determine which genes can be expressed in different cell types, are central to biology and medicine. For at least one key epigenetic mark, the brains of mice and humans are nearly 90 percent similar, opening the door to studying mice as models for human neurologic disease, said a … Continue reading →

By Glenna Vickers Babies born with a rare bone disorder known as osteogenesis imperfecta do not have fewer bone fractures at birth when delivered surgically (a Cesarean delivery), said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine. The new research, published in the journal Genetics in Medicine, is the first study to come … Continue reading →

By Dana Benson A genetic mutation associated with clear cell sarcoma of the kidney that has opened a new path of research and could point the way toward a new diagnostic test for the disease, said researchers from Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center and Baylor College of Medicine. “The work is one of the … Continue reading →

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